As a leading source of accessible, accurate and compelling media coverage, we help mentor and strengthen the media skills of other organisations. Through our moderation of national and international events, Bhekisisa’s work has a far-reaching impact on health policy influencers and policymakers.

• Aids
• Cancer
• Climate change
• COVID-19
• Health
• Malaria
• Medicines
• Vaccines

Aids

Moderation of the National Research Foundation’s annual World Aids Day lecture
Date: 1 December 2021
Event Invitation

Moderation of a SA Aids conference session on ‘The impact of COVID on HIV services’
Date: 10 June 2021

Moderation of a UNAids high-level meeting virtual side event on ‘“No Prevention, No End” – How leadership for HIV prevention can turn an epidemic’
Date: 8 June 2021
Event Recording

Moderation of a UNAids session at the International Aids Conference
Date: 23 July 2018
Event Programme

Cancer

Moderation of a department of health cancer roundtable
Date: 12 October 2018

Climate change

Moderation of Bhekisisa’s 10th anniversary climate change panel discussion
Event page
Date: 7 November 2023

COVID-19

Moderation of the launch of new data from the Discovery Vitality science journal ‘The Science of Vitality’ on the effect of exercise on how sick people get with COVID
Date: 24 March 2022

Moderation of four Discovery Health webinars

• COVID-19 vaccines and children – 5 November 2021
• COVID-19 vaccines and fertility, pregnancy and breastfeeding – 22 October 2021
• Understanding COVID-19 vaccines with Dr Nigel Garrett – 15 October 2021
• Understanding COVID-19 vaccines with Prof Helen Rees – 8 October 2021

Moderation of a Nobel inspired webinar on ‘The Meaning of Science in the Age of COVID-19, One Year On’ hosted by the National Research Foundation (NRF) and the Swedish Embassy
Date: 12 October 2021
Event Invitation

Moderation of the ‘COVID-19 Response and Vaccine Nationalism – putting human rights front and centre’ event hosted by Amnesty International
Date: 14 September 2021
Event Details

Moderation of the launch of the COVID reporting guide for the South African National Editors’ Forum
Date: 20 July 2021
Event Details

Moderation of a discussion on Newzroom Afrika with Salim Abdool Karim about his reflection on ‘one year of COVID’
Date: 5 March 2021
Event Recording

Moderation of a panel on ‘Staying Sane: Journalists and their mental health during COVID’ at the African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC) at Wits University 
Date: 26 October 2020
Event Recording

Moderation of a panel on ‘Journalism in the time of COVID’ at the African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC) at Wits University
Date: 13 October 2020
Event Recording

Moderation of the 2020 Nobel Inspired Lecture on ‘The meaning of science in the age of COVID-19’
Date: 8 October 2020
Event Recording

Moderation of a South African Young Academy of Science webinar on COVID-19
Date: 29 September 2020

Health

Moderation of a Mail & Guardian and South African Health Technologies Advocacy Coalition (SAHTAC) roundtable on strengthening health research and development funding in SA
Date: 18 August 2022

Moderation of a panel discussion on ‘improving rural healthcare in South Africa’ as part of the Discovery CSI week
Date: 5 July 2022
Event Details

Moderation of RMB’s Health Innovation Forum
Date: 2 June 2022

Moderation of a Global Health Fund virtual media roundtable on ‘Who should pay for longer and healthier lives in Africa?’ at the World Health Assembly
Date: 25 May 2022
Event Recording

Malaria

Moderation of the ‘Fighting Malaria, Improving Health Across Africa’ virtual event for the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA)
Date: 24 February 2021
Event Details

Medicines

Moderation of a Bhekisisa/Pulitzer Centre webinar on the role of the media in increasing the uptake of evidence-based medicines
Date: 29 March 2023
Event Invitation | Event Recording

Moderation of a Global Health Strategies closed media roundtable on local medicine manufacturing
Date: 26 May 2022

Vaccines

Moderation of a BroadReach Health Development webinar on vaccine roll-outs
Date: 26 April 2022
Event Details

Moderation of a Commonwealth Foundation webinar on ‘Health Justice in the Commonwealth: Towards Equitable Access to Vaccines, Medicines and Technology’
Date: 29 March 2022
Event Recording

Moderation of an Open Society Foundation for South Africa (OSF-SA) vaccine justice convening
Date: 17 June 2021
Event Recording